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package org.apache.camel.support;

import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.io.StringWriter;

/**
 * Utilities for handling with Exception objects
 */
public class ExceptionHelper {

    private ExceptionHelper() {

    }

    /**
     * Dumps the stack trace from the given exception to a String
     *
     * @param  e the exception to print the stack trace
     * @return   A string instance with the stack trace for the given exception
     */
    public static String stackTraceToString(Throwable e) {
        final StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
        final PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(writer, true);
        e.printStackTrace(printWriter);
        return writer.toString();
    }
}
